mapping vs isometry

isometry vs mapping

mapping and isometry both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mapping	Yes	No	No	No
isometry	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, isometry is a hyponym of mapping; that is, isometry is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than mapping:

mapping: (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)
isometry: a one-to-one mapping of one metric space into another metric space that preserves the distances between each pair of points

Other hyponyms of mapping include multinomial, polynomial, expansion, inverse function, Kronecker delta, metric, metric function, transformation, operator, circular function, trigonometric function, threshold function, exponential, exponential function, linear function, onto function, surjection, surjective function, homothecy, homothety.

mapping (noun)	isometry (noun)
(genetics) the process of locating genes on a chromosome	equality of measure (e.g., equality of height above sea level or equality of loudness etc.)
the process of making maps	equality of elevation above sea level
(mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)	a one-to-one mapping of one metric space into another metric space that preserves the distances between each pair of points
	the growth rates in different parts of a growing organism are the same

Difference between mapping and isometry

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